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Joseph Schull fonds [multiple media]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:11 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records: (Paper) The finding aid is a file list of the textual documents in volumes 1-76. MSS1326Textual records: (Electronic) Finding aid. MSS1326
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000201.pdfTen drawings, four collages, and three offset lithographs, ca. 1896-1960, predominant ca. 1908-1913 (accession 1989-612 DAP); one drawing, one print, n.d. (accession 1998-0120 VSA): (Electronic) Description; item level. on line; (Restrictions not set)14 maps, 1900-1974 (accession 83402/5641 CA): (Paper) Itemized listing available.Two drawings: Christmas card, ca. 1954; and sketch of Schull, 29 February 1959 (accession 1998-0120 VSA): (Electronic) Catalogued; item level. ICON database (as 1998-R3020-1, 1998-R3020-2);Sound recordings: (Electronic) See MISACS for item level descriptions.Sound recordings: (Paper) See AV collection file for some transcripts and item level descriptions. -
Record information Joseph Schull fonds [multiple media]
Date:1832-1991.Reference:R3020-0-7-E, MG31-D5Type of material:Textual material, Sound recordings, Art, Photographs, Maps and cartographic materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:102842Date(s):1832-1991.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:15.545 m of textual records.
51 audio cassettes (ca. 75 h, 30 min).
ca. 25 audio reels.
14 maps.
12 drawings.
5 photographs.
4 collages.
3 prints.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of seven series of textual records, 1832-1991, predominant 1934-1980, as follows: correspondence; financial records; subject files; manuscripts of plays, short stories, books, and other writings; printed and miscellaneous material; copies of reference photographs; and posthumous material. While most of the material was created between 1934 and 1991, there are copies of earlier documents used in Schull's research, dating back to 1832. The fonds also contains additional textual records, ca. 1942-1991, in the form of correspondence, manuscripts and printed material relating to Joseph Schull, as well as some posthumous material.
Fonds also contains numerous sound recordings including interviews by Joseph Schull of family and colleagues of Donald Gordon in preparation for a biography of Gordon, 1975-1978; an oral history interview with Bud Schull by Helen Schull with assistance from her daughter Christiane 1985; and an assortment of Joseph Schull's plays for radio, 1953-1965.
Fonds also contains 14 maps, 1900-1974, consisting of National Geographic Society maps of Canada and the United States, maps by various agencies of Ontario roads and major Canadian cities, and reproductions of Eighteenth Century maps of Quebec City.
Fonds also consists of drawings, collages, and offset lithograph reproductions.
Fonds also contains photographs. One photograph depicts Sir Wilfred and Lady Laurier at a Colonial Conference in London, England in 1907; two portraits of Joseph Schull, one taken in England during the Second World War and one taken in Rosemere during the Nineteen Fifties; a photograph of a ship and another photograph of Schull.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Schull, Joseph, 1906-1980 : Joseph Schull, author and playwright, was born in 1906 in South Dakota in the United States and moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, with his family in 1913. He received his education at the University of Saskatchewn and Queen's University in Ontario. During the 1930s, Schull worked in the advertising field, as well as writing articles and poetry. In 1941, he became an Intelligence and Information Officer with the Royal Canadian Navy. After the Second World War he became a free-lance writer.
During his career, Schull wrote numerous plays for radio, television and stage. Many of these plays were produced in the United States and England as well as in Canada. He was also the author of a number of books on Canadian history, including "The Far Distant Ships" (1950), "100 Years of Banking in Canada" (1958), "Laurier" (1965), "Rebellion" (1971), "Edward Blake: The Man of the Other Way" (1975), "Edward Blake: Leader and Exile" (1976), and "The Great Scot: a biography of Donald Gordon" (1979). He also wrote for children and published two long poems, "The Legend of Ghost Lagoon" (1938) and "I, Jones, Soldier" (1945).
Joseph Schull married the journalist Hélène Gougeon in 1955 and they lived in Rosemere, Québec. He died in May 1980.Additional information:General note:Received between the years 1979 and 1998, except for one radio script which was received prior to 1969.Availability of other formats note:One photograph, 1907 (accession 1970-094 NPC): Copy negative available: C-33388Associated material note:Joseph Schull's papers relating to his research on the history of the Bank of Nova Scotia: Tranferred to the Bank of Nova Scotia for use by another writer.Related material:Many of Joseph Schull's radio plays are also represented in other fonds and collections of the Moving Image and Sound Archives, especially in the CBC Radio Drama Collection.Subject heading:- Joseph Schull - Biography, [1921-1979] Laurier, 1965
- Joseph Schull - Correspondence, 1954-1979 Canada. Royal Canadian Navy, 1942
- Joseph Schull - Finance, Personal, 1945-1970
- Joseph Schull - Manuscripts, 1932-1980
- Joseph Schull - Authorship, 1921-1979
- Publicity, 1942
- Photography in publicity, 1942
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Records and correspondence, [1934-1978]
- Blanche Gains - Correspondence, [1934-1978]
- MacMillan Company of Canada - Records and correspondence, [1934-1978]
- Authors - Canada, [1921-1979]
- Dramatists, Canadian, [1934-1980]
- Drama, [1934-1980]
- Playwriting, [1934-1980]
- Photographs
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Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Finding aid box [FA 1326] 110[Consultation Closed]Sound recordings[Consultation Open]Graphic (art)[Consultation Restrictions vary]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Volume [R3020] 77[Consultation Open]Cartographic material[Consultation Open]
and sketch of Schull, 29 February 1959 (accession 1998-0120 VSA): Physical access to be given through an art archivist.Terms of use:Textual records: The recipient of copies is responsible for determining whether material is subject to copyright and for ascertaining the name of the person or organization holding copyright. The recipient is also responsible for determining whether any use of copyrighted material does or does not constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act.
14 maps, 1900-1974 (accession 83402/5641 CA): No donor restrictions.
Ten drawings, four collages, and three offset lithograph reproductions, ca. 1896-1960, predominant ca. 1908-1913 (accession 1989-612 DAP); two drawings: Christmas card, ca. 1954, and sketch of Joseph Schull, 29 February 1959 (accession 1998-0120 VSA): No donor restrictions. Reproduction and use require the written permission of the copyright owner.
One photograph, 1907 (accession 1970-094 NPC); four photographs, n.d. (accession 1998-0120 VSA): No donor restrictions. Various copyrights on items created on and after 1 Januaty 1949. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Sound recordings: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright owners except in the case of the Bud Schull interview where Hélène Gougeon, the copyright holder, allows reproduction without written permission for research purposes only.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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